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In 2050 there will be 9 billion people on earth?. How to feed them
2015-10-13 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tis the season of harvest festivals and farmers are celebrating another bumper crop. British farmers have this year twice smashed the record for the worlds highest-yielding wheat crop ever recorded, first in the Lincolnshire Wolds and then on a farm overlooking Holy Island in Northumberland. Squeezing ever-higher yields from the same fields is one reason why the famous theories of Thomas Malthus, the cleric who predicted catastrophic famine and disease as population growth outstripped food production,...
Earth Observation Data Management Project Coordinator
2015-10-09 18:06:08| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company that improves the quality and efficiency of essential services that matter to millions of people around the world. The work we do for national and local governments involves us in the most important areas of public services, including science and defence. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. With over 1500 staff in the space business covering a wide spectrum of experience and skills, we convey best practice, expertise and innovation in our business. For one of our projects for the European Space Agency, we are currently looking for a Project Coordinator. Tasks and Responsibilities The role is to coordinate an Earth Observation data management project, in a dynamic and international environment. The successful candidate will coordinate and review the EOSIP specification, oversee the development phase and coordinate and the operation implementation. This is currently limitied to ERS and ENVISAT datasets. The Project Coordinators main responsibilities would be Establish and maintain the required interfaces with ESA, Consortium partners and third party Providers Technical coordination day to day management Handle any Specific Anomaly andor deviation, interfacing with ESA EOSIP Technical Coordinator and escalating to the ESA project manager EOSIP Specification Review responsibilities Technical coordination of EOSIP Specification review including the following activities Critical review of the specification providing comments Interfacing with ESA EOSIP Technical coordinator Check for o existence of source of metadata o Critical review of fields included in the specification o Consistent across different instruments or modes of same Instrument o metadata consistency with respect to the source of e.g. product specification catalogue information Interaction with author of the specifications in meetings to speed up the signoff EOSIP development Coordination Ensure the specification are agreed by all parties and implementation process would be smooth Interfacing with the software development team for all issues relating to the eosip specifications Managing progress Liaising between ESA and consortium for all software related issues EOSIP Operational Coordination Scheduling the operations for every EOSIP conversion including o Ensuring the facility is ready and with capacity o Ensuring the data is ready and available o Ensuring the software is integrated and tested Monitor and report on the progress and performance of the activity Coordinate the deliverables preparation and delivery Requirements The following skills and experience are mandatory Good Knowledge of Payload Data Ground Segments Good knowledge of Earth Observation data products Have at least 5 years experience in working in similar environments. operations or engineering Have collaborated with ESA worked in projects with ESA Very good customer liaison capability Proactive approach to problem identification and resolution Teamwork teamplayer spirit Take full responsibility for the successful conclusion of the activities Have a dynamic outlook and be success oriented Candidates should be fluent in English and have good writing and communication skills Availability to travel within Europe to attend meetings The following would be considered an asset Scientific background in at least one of the EO missions Understanding in Earth Observation production chain Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for Italy or be EU nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions.
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Can we live more sustainably? The Whole Earth exhibition in pictures
2015-10-07 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: How can we live better with less? Thats what the Whole Earth exhibition, a partnership between the Hard Rain project and the National Union of Students (NUS), is asking those studying around the world. The aim is to encourage young people to think about the future of the planet. Here are some of the best images
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Service Operator Earth Observation Services
2015-10-06 15:05:21| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europes number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately 14 billion per year. A vacancy for a Service Operator and Digital Mapping Analyst has arisen with Airbus Defence Space in Farnborough to work on the Copernicus programme. The CDS Coordinated Data Access System layer of the CSCDA Copernicus Space Component Data Access has been established by the European Space Agency and is concerned with all aspects relating to the distribution and dissemination of satellite imagery procured in the context of Copernicus. The CDS layer and its subcomponents are responsible for managing the interface between suppliers of the relevant datasets and the Copernicus projects CSPs that are using the data for these five main areas Customer Interface functionalities SCI, e.g. user registration, information portal updates, help desk and order desk, including interaction with the various Copernicus Contributing Missions CCMs user services to coordinate mission planning and production, emergency activations handling Data Quality activities CQC to ensure data delivered by the CCMs is in line with requirements Data Dissemination activities CDD from all integrated CCMs to the CDS infrastructure Reporting on all service aspects CRP, including internal to ESA and external to CSPs reporting Configuration and coordination tasks CCO for ensuring overall system configuration is aligned and as expected. Your main tasks and responsibilities will include Act as the first point of contact help desk, service Support Desk Administrator for all users of the CSCDA, and provide the interface with the other components of the CSCDA infrastructure and Copernicus contributing missions Working in close cooperation with the help desk, assist users in translating their EO data requests into optimal data orders, taking into account quotas, availability of already acquired data and the feasibility of planning new acquisitions for predefined and ondemand EO datasets Manage the full endtoend data ordering process from the initial request to the final delivery of the data to the user Proactively gather weekly information on the services provided by the users CSPs on activities related to their Copernicus projects, any relevant operational news and information on the Copernicus Contributing Missions CCM Edit the gathered information and publish in a user friendly and professional way to the appropriate sections on the CSCDA Portal Handle emergency requests issued by the projects and translate into optimal satellite dataset solutions Undertaking efficient emergency tasking assessments in order to select which satellite suppliers should be considered in support of the emergency requests Prepare inputs as required for inclusion in the monthly reporting provided to the Agency Provide input as required for updating the operational procedures and user guides Ensure the execution of the tasks described continually meets or exceed the relevant contractual KPIs Participate at regular team meetings, briefings and training sessions Professionally represent Airbus Defence and Space at external meetings and conferences Utilise the tools and constantly monitor their performance and look for any improvements that could lead to efficiency savings Be courteous, professional and helpful to all users Other tasks relevant to the business as directed Assist with the technical bid preparation against individual tenders received from the EC on risk and recovery mapping Use satellite data to undertake production mapping Reference Maps, Predisaster Situation Maps and Postdisaster Situation Map. Working Times Week 1 0800 1630 Monday to Friday Week 2 1130 2000 Monday to Friday. We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience Degree in GIS, Geography or related discipline with previous experience in Remote Sensing. Customer Service experience is mandatorykey for this role. Experience of accessing commercial Earth Observation data catalogue systems, web content management systems. Working knowledgeexperience of GIS Desktop Software ArcGIS preferred. Previous data captureediting experience preferred. Photointerpretation skillsexperience using high resolution satellite imagery. Experience in dataset creation and Earth Observation products handling. Knowledge of Europes Earth Observation programme Copernicus would be a plus. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Attention to detail, good report writing and documentation skills. Please apply for this vacancy on line at our careers site www.jobs.airbusgroup.com with your CV attached. To apply click here
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Equator Prize Protects Amazons Center of the Earth
2015-10-02 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As I traveled by boat down the Xingu River to visit indigenous villages that would have been flooded by the massive Belo Monte Dam, I came to understand why the local people thought of their land as the Center of the Earth. The massive rivers, seemingly eternal jungle and liquid blue-grey sky made me feel as if I was heading farther into the center of a lush, green ecosystem that was bigger and more encapsulating than the word ecosystem can describe. Though threatened by exploitation for its...
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